diff --git a/SteadyStateModel.cc b/SteadyStateModel.cc
index c4b2cfd2..f85aee07 100644
--- a/SteadyStateModel.cc
+++ b/SteadyStateModel.cc
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ SteadyStateModel::writeSteadyStateFile(const string &basename, bool ramsey_polic
   output << "function [ys_, params, info] = " << basename << "_steadystate2("
 	 << "ys_, exo_, params)" << endl
          << "% Steady state generated by Dynare preprocessor" << endl
-         << "    info = 0;" << endl
-	 << "    ys_ = zeros(" << symbol_table.endo_nbr() << ",1);" << endl;
+         << "    info = 0;" << endl;
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i < recursive_order.size(); i++)
     {